Apologies if it's already been done – did a search and didn't find anything

Best for me has got to be Fairytale of New York and best by a big margin

Why doesn't anybody write any good Christmas songs these days? Can't think of anything from the last decade that particulary comes to mind.

not a xmas one but i love 'forever autumn'…..

Agree on Fairy tail of New York. Slade does it too.

I think there all shit.

You cant write a good xmas song

sleigh ride off the phil spector xmas album

Fairy tail of New York & Slade here too. Also Queen's Thanks God it's Christmas just because Freddie's great. There's another one I like that I can't get into my head at the moment….

…John Lennon!

Christmas wrapping by the Waitresses…

+1 for the waitresses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUOxmXPo69w

The Hives and Cyndi Lauper in a Christmas Duel

Not really a fan of christmas songs, but I enjoyed this one. The lyrics are hilarious and it owes a debt to Phil Spector and Fairytale of New York.

waitresses +2

cheesey, but ace

[sings]merry christmas, merry christmas…[/sings]

waitresses again, try the trojan reggae xmas box set, or no xmas for john keys by the fall…………a classic. oh yeah and anything by darlene love

Grandaddy did a good cover of winter wonder land.

Or Pigface and the Chicago Industrial League – I'm dreaming of a white noise Christmas.

Iiiiittt'sssss Ccccchrrrrriiiiiiiissssssmmmmmmaaaaassss

Thank you Noddy

I cant stand any song with a mention of the 'C' word , nah I dinnie mean c**t, thats fine, I mean C******s; Isn't it time someone came up with a proper secular-atheist seasonal choon?.
Having said that, the most recent amusing C******s song is probably The Darkness's Dont Let The Bells End- cheesy, camp, funny and a wee bit cynical.

Fairytale of New York???

You've all got to be kidding.It's utter,utter shite.

the yobs – twelve days of christmas. extremely obscene
cristina – things fall apart. invented emo in the eighties.

Driving Home for Christmas by Chris Reah (or however you spell his name) is probably the only one I could listen to without wanting to turn off. Not heard of the Slade version of Fairytale of New York…

i really want Charlotte Church and Goldie Lookin' Chain to make "Fairytale of Newport"

"Alien for Christmas" by Fountains of Wayne.

I want an alien for Christmas
Bring me an alien this year
I want a little green guy
About three feet high
With seventeen eyes
Who knows how to fly
I want an alien for Christmas this year

(see You Tube, etc). Class

I'm a basket case when it comes to Christmas songs and now we have kids it's all the more a part of the general build up a couple of weeks before. There've been a few recentish ones though. The Darkness, Bo Selecta, the Wombats to name 3 I've found.

They are all sheet and generally not somethign you;d listen to for musical prowess but sod it.

How about The Joy Formidable's "My beerdrunk soul is sadder than a 100 dead christmas trees"?

driving in this morning I heard "fairytale of New York" as sung by Ronan Keating ( and some Irish bird ) … I wanted to kill my radio.

Theres'a great Shonen Knife christmas song, can remember the title.

Altogether in a Japanese accent….
"Velly melly chrismas, velly melly chrismas, happy new year"

Why there isn't anymore these days? Well, probably X-factor has presumably killed off the Christmas record as we know it.